I was working in Israel but we had Saturday off for a tour of Haifa and Akko and so we began with the Bahai Gardens and an overview of the city. From the top of the hill we looked down at the gardens ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070071 temple ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070072 gardens ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070073 and the city below ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070074 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070075 with the clearly delineated street through the German Colony ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070076 and then we entered the gardens where the flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070077 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070078 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070079 and statues ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070080 and gates ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070081 with warning ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070082 provided a different set of views of the gardens ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070083 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070084 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070085 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070086 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070087 and city down to the water ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070088 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070089 as I recorded flowers ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070090 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070091 ever present crows ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070092 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070093 lawns ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070094 and trees of various sorts ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070095 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070096 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070097 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070098 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070099 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070100 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070101 before we drove to the bottom of the hill and looked up at what we had just seen ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070102 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070103 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070104 settling in the German Colony ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070105 before heading to the walls of Akko ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070106 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070107 and looking at the castle ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070108 and the area between the walls where Napoleon s soldiers were trapped. ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070109 After studying the maps of the city ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070110 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070111 and a city plan ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070112 we headed for the crusader latrines ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070113 which were well marked ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070114 and documented ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070115 and explored the architecture ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070116 before heading out to look at the mosque ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070117 and then making our way to a place to eat ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070118 by the water ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070119 before recording yet another post office sign ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070120 not to mention this wonderful sign for the collection. ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070121 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070122 We then went by the church which was marked with interesting icons ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070123 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070124 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070125 and looked down at the wedding ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070126 before recording this well decorated car of protest ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070127 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070128 and watching a fisherman try to catch his dinner. ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070129 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070130 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070131 ../../../Sabbat/2014/05.24.14Israel/P1070132